Pleased this dangerous pothole was repaired today after I reported the dangerous state it left the street grid in with sharp metal edges protruding (pictured with fellow campaigner Mohammad Hossain). However too many other potholes are being left unfilled for months. To report a pothole search online for “report pothole West Sussex” for an online form, and particularly if there is an immediate danger enclose a photo if you can.

Local Liberal Democrat County Councillor Stuart Condie has asked for the mini-roundabout at the junction of London Road and Leylands Road, which currently looks like a moonscape, to be resurfaced. Too often potholes are filled and then reappear within weeks in the same area because of the deterioration of the road surface, with many backstreet roads so down the priority list that they will never be resurfaced on current trends.

Liberal Democrats last year urged the County Council to put more money into road resurfacing and nationally the under-funding of road maintenance by the current government means the backlog only gets bigger year after year – £16 billion is now needed to repair the 100,000 mile backlog of resurfacing nationally – per this recent report.